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Re:Book ban attempts reach “unparalleled” 20-year high in 2022 by huimang on Thursday March 23, 2023 @06:43PM (#35282466)
Any reasonable person can agree with literal porn being banned. What percentage, exactly, is porn out of all the books being banned?

The thing is that LGBT+ content tends to be conflated with sexual content.

We both know that the vast majority of these books aren't banned because they're obscene. They're being banned because people don't want any mention of LGBT+ people or topics, with flimsy excuses.

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Re:Book ban attempts reach “unparalleled” 20-year high in 2022 by kelipso on Friday March 24, 2023 @12:28AM (#35285089)
> We both know that the vast majority of these books aren't banned because people don't want any mention of LGBT+ people or topics. They're being banned because they contain obscene sexually explicit material in them.

Seems just as reasonable... So no, not clear at all.

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